rill

See also: Rill

English

Etymology

From or akin to West Frisian ril (“rill; a narrow channel”), Dutch ril (“rill; gully; trench; watercourse”), German Low German Rille, Rill (“a small channel; brook; furrow”), German Rille (“a groove; furrow”).

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /ɹɪl/
  • Audio (Southern England)(file)
    Rhymes: -ɪl

Noun

rill (plural rills)

  1. A very small brook; a streamlet; a creek, rivulet.
  2. (planetology) Alternative form of rille.

Derived terms

Translations

Verb

rill (third-person singular simple present rills, present participle rilling, simple past and past participle rilled)

  1. To trickle, pour, or run like a small stream.
    • 1862, Gerard Manley Hopkins, Il Mystico, 81-86:
      And fainter, finer, trickle far
      To where the listening uplands are;
      To pause—then from his gurgling bill
      Let the warbled sweetness rill,
      And down the welkin, gushing free,
      Hark the molten melody;
    • 1956, Anthony Burgess, Time for a Tiger (The Malayan Trilogy), published 1972, page 158:
      Alladad Khan was panting hard, soaked in sweat, and his rolled-up sleeve was all blood, blood rilling down his arm.

Irish

Etymology

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Verb

rill (present analytic rilleann, future analytic rillfidh, verbal noun rilleadh, past participle rillte)

  1. (transitive) riddle, sieve, sift
  2. (transitive) pour (as from sieve)

Conjugation
conjugation of rill (first conjugation – A)
singular plural relative autonomous
first second third first second third
indicative present rillim rilleann tú;
rillir†		 rilleann sé, sí rillimid rilleann sibh rilleann siad;
rillid†		 a rilleann; a rilleas rilltear
past rill mé; rilleas rill tú; rillis rill sé, sí rilleamar; rill muid rill sibh; rilleabhair rill siad; rilleadar a rill /
ar rill*		 rilleadh
past habitual rillinn rillteá rilleadh sé, sí rillimis; rilleadh muid rilleadh sibh rillidís; rilleadh siad a rilleadh /
a rilleadh*		 rilltí
future rillfidh mé;
rillfead		 rillfidh tú;
rillfir†		 rillfidh sé, sí rillfimid;
rillfidh muid		 rillfidh sibh rillfidh siad;
rillfid†		 a rillfidh; a rillfeas rillfear
conditional rillfinn rillfeá rillfeadh sé, sí rillfimis; rillfeadh muid rillfeadh sibh rillfidís; rillfeadh siad a rillfeadh /
a rillfeadh*		 rillfí
subjunctive present go rille mé;
go rillead†		 go rille tú;
go rillir†		 go rille sé, sí go rillimid;
go rille muid		 go rille sibh go rille siad;
go rillid†		 — go rilltear
past dá rillinn dá rillteá dá rilleadh sé, sí dá rillimis;
dá rilleadh muid		 dá rilleadh sibh dá rillidís;
dá rilleadh siad		 — dá rilltí
imperative rillim rill rilleadh sé, sí rillimis rilligí;
rillidh†		 rillidís — rilltear
verbal noun rilleadh
past participle rillte

* indirect relative
† archaic or dialect form

Derived terms
  • rilleán m (“riddle, coarse sieve”)

Further reading
  • Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “rill”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
  • Entries containing “rillim” in English-Irish Dictionary, An Gúm, 1959, by Tomás de Bhaldraithe.
  • Entries containing “rill” in New English-Irish Dictionary by Foras na Gaeilge.
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